At least seven persons, including five adults and two children, died Saturday morning in a ghastly auto accident involving the advance team of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state, on Benin-Auchi Expressway.
Several other persons including one of the Governor’s driver were also injured in the accident.
Eyewitness account said the accident occurred at Ehorin Uhunmwode Local Government Area when a Toyota Hilux van on the Governor’s advance team had a head-on collision with a passenger Audi car.
The advance team was said to be on their way to Ambrose Ali University, AAU, at Ekpoma for the convocation of the university.
Three other survivors were said to have been rushed to the Central Hospital in Benin City for medical attention.
It was learnt that a good Samaritan rushed the survivors and the dead to the First SAVAN Centre at the hospital.
At the Central Hospital, a source confirmed that accident victims were brought in but declined to give details.
